As explained in a previous story, the editorial team at CSO was targeted by a phishing campaign recently. If it had been successful, the person(s) behind it would have tricked us into installing the Zeus Trojan, a nasty bit of financial malware.

Lucky for us however, our user awareness training took hold, and we used some basic logic in order to spot the scam. So in addition to a visual breakdown, which you can see here, this article will address some basics when it comes to spotting and dealing with a phishing attack.